Hot weather will be the rule here the next several days as high pressure builds in. A few stray showers may persist into this evening, but most areas will be rain free this evening. And it looks like only isolated shower chances through the weekend, with the best chance Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile we continue to watch with interest developments in the Atlantic. A strong tropical wave is going to progress toward the Bahamas and eventually south Florida over the next 5 days. Two questions remain though: 1) Where does it go after that?; and 2) how strong will it get? Very difficult to say right now, but we will keep watching it.